BF2S Forums New Pendulum album, "Immersion"

Yeah more DnB.

Leave that ministry stuff for the remixes that will happen anyway.

[-DER-]Omega wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

[-DER-]Omega wrote:

My point is that mainstream music doesn't necessarily mean it's shit music, although there are many cases where that is true. You should try to formulate your own opinion by actually giving them a listen yourself.

So not only did you take what he said completely out of context, but you're completely ignoring the main point of his post as well

liquidat0r wrote:

Cool. Will probably give it a listen.

People always say at least a couple of the following: They suck; they're too mainstream; they're over-hyped; they're not that good; and that there's better music out there. But I: a) Don't really know enough about them or the genre in general b) Don't care

read it again.

Eh? It's not like I'm disagreeing with his post, I'm purely pointing out that mainstream music isn't always bad music, which is how his "people" apparently view it (not like Pendulum is that mainstream anyway). I therefore assumed that that was the reason he cba to listen to them.

christ, must I break down the quote for you? He said he doesn't care what people say, and will "probably give it a listen".

Last edited by Jenspm (2010-02-22 02:50:20)

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yST_rj4TY

1:00 onwards, that beat.

Compare to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6gHLHbYVeA

At around 2:30.

Is it just me or are they really similar.

Reminded me of Heartbreaker as soon as it started at ~30seconds in.

Also, in the background just before 30 seconds it sounds a bit like


(now I'll actually listen to the rest)

Actually it's more like Shinichi Osawa's version.


In the background, this is

liquidat0r wrote:

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yST_rj4TY

So The Island sounds more like club/dance and then at about 3mins it goes a bit electro ... is it just me or does this not sound like drum and bass at all?

Pretty much.



Is very Prodigy, I like it better than The Island though.



Bit more DnB'y at least at the start.



As well.

I cant really make up my mind until I hear proper versions recorded properly and "finished" so to speak.

Meh. Noisia's upcoming album > this album, imo

tazz. wrote:

I FUCKING LOVE PENDULUM.

liquidat0r wrote:

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yST_rj4TY

So The Island sounds more like club/dance and then at about 3mins it goes a bit electro ... is it just me or does this not sound like drum and bass at all?

Most of pendulum's stuff doesn't sound like proper dnb. Mainly because it isn't.

Uzique wrote:

Peter wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

So The Island sounds more like club/dance and then at about 3mins it goes a bit electro ... is it just me or does this not sound like drum and bass at all?

Most of pendulum's stuff doesn't sound like proper dnb. Mainly because it isn't.

oh no you DIDNT just pull the "pendulum isnt real dnb" card

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!

Review

Genesis
N/A

Salt in the Wounds: 6/10
A good song, but far too repetitive to be 6 minutes long. Make it 3 minutes and I'll be happy.

Watercolour: 9/10
I just like this song. Nuffsaid.

Set Me on Fire: 7/10
Like the different vocals, and their grime/dubstep approach

Crush: 8/10
I like this song too. Not really that dnb'ish, but as a song I think it flows nicely and sounds good.

Under the Waves: 7.5
A bit bland, but is similar to their original and In Silico stuff. I also S2 Swire's vocals here.

Immunize: 8/10
I like this song, because I like the prodigy.

The Island Pt1: 7.5/10
As a song, this is sure to be in clubs and remixed all over the place. It isn't dnb, and at least Pendulum made that obvious.

The Island Pt2: 7.0/10
Again, not a dnb song. I preferred Part 1 a little bit more.

Comprachicos: 6.5/10
I didn't mind this song again. It has slight traces of DnB, heavy use of guitar and a different use of Swire's vocals

The Vulture: 6/10
I'm sorry Pendulum, I didn't realize you were the new Hadouken. You didn't copy them on this one or anything. Even the vocal's sound like theirs, and Hadouken's latest album was garbage. In light of that, I thought this song was OK. It's more new rave than dnb though, and I don't like new rave.

Witchcraft: 8.5/10
I love the intro to this song, some more fast paced music and finally something that is drum and bass. Good vocals, a nice, fast paced beat, and they use guitars really well in my opinion in this song. I actually wish they made this one longer.

Self Vs Self: In Flames: 8.5/10 Pendulum : 6.5/10

Ok, I love both Pendulum and In Flames. As an In Flames song, this is fucking great and the dnb beat would make for a great song. However, this is a Pendulum song. This song seems out of place, a sudden metal theme in what is largely an electronic based album. Pendulum makes a very small contribution to this song, Swire repeat's 2 lines over in the chorus, and the dnb backbeat is very pretty faint in comparison to the guitars and Anders Friden's voice. If I want to listen to In Flames, then I'll listen to their albums.

The Fountain: 8/10

I like the way it soothes my ears after the In Flames song for a start. A piano throughout, a decent dnb beat, and the vocals are good once again. Another quality song right here.

Encoder: 7/10

An OK song. I can't really label this as any genre. This song should have come well beforehand, and had the fountain finish it off. The liquid DnB sounds of Still Grey are the best album finisher of the three in my opinion, and something like that would have been better. I like the ocean noises at the end if that's any consolation. Once again, the song itself is good, but not DnB.

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When In Silico came out, I was disappointed because I didn't get the drum and bass Pendulum I was expecting. I was faced with rock music when I was anticipating a DnB album. I started to think that way for Immersion as well, when I realized that I can't expect Pendulum to churn out DnB like they did in Hold Your Colour.. They aren't a DnB group any more, they now have a huge rock influence as well as taking sources from different genre's as well. Self Vs Self proves this. In Silico was simply a transition album for Pendulum, from the DnB HYC to Immersion. Half the songs on this album aren't DnB at all, yet I still like them. There were some standout songs ( Watercolour, Witchcraft, The Fountain) and some which left me slightly annoyed. I like all the songs on Immersion, but some of them just don't seem to belong in the same album together.

As an album to be judged on face cover, I give Immersion an 8/10. Almost all the songs are good. As a DnB album, I give it a 5/10, but like I've already said, Pendulum aren't Drum and Bass any more.

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Last edited by Jestar (2010-05-20 04:32:54)

Listening to it for the first time now.


I like it. Purely because it sounds good, makes me happy listening to it, and I don't have any prerequisites for music to sound good. I don't care how it's made, how repetitive/sampled it is, if it sounds good it sounds good right?

Microwave wrote:

Listening to it for the first time now.


I like it. Purely because it sounds good, makes me happy listening to it, and I don't have any prerequisites for music to sound good. I don't care how it's made, how repetitive/sampled it is, if it sounds good it sounds good right?

yeah you're right justin bieber is totally awesome

I'll probably listen to this in a bit, just to see what's what. I'm not expecting it to be amazing, but who knows - it might be nice to listen to.

Its all right to have on in a club but I think i'll stick to dubstep.